Global medical costs — how the US stacks up

Many Americans complain about health care prices, but is care in the US the most expensive? Here’s a look at […]

By Aidualc | 23 Oct 13 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How to Retire Abroad

If your dream is to live overseas, we tell you what you need to know. By Sandra Block, From Kiplinger’s Personal […]

By Aidualc | 30 Sep 13 | Posted in Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

18 Housing Markets That Are More Overvalued Than The US

Societe Generale Albert Edwards pointed us to this chart comparing home prices across the developed world. For comparability purposes, the OECD […]

By Aidualc | 26 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Russia breaks into top 5 world economies, displacing Germany

Russia has overtaken Germany as the fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the latest World […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Foreign Buyers Aren’t Playing A Key Role In The US Housing Recovery For 2 Reasons

By Mamta Badkar – Tue, Jul 9, 2013 12:17 AM EDT Foreign buyers jumped into the U.S. housing market after the bubble […]

By DennisGao | 12 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

My (very) early retirement at 33

Ed Hawkins decided a life of leisure would be wasted on his old age. So he opted to quit his […]

By Aidualc | 23 May 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Chinese now the world’s biggest spending tourists

MADRID/FRANKFURT – Chinese tourists have overtaken Germans as the world’s biggest-spending travelers after a decade of robust growth in the […]

By Aidualc | 06 Apr 13 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Global Central Bank Gold Rush and Why Bundesbank Strikes First!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Oxstones Investment Club, In an important surprise move reported a few weeks ago, Germany’s central […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Feb 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Sovereign Debt Bubble Will Continue To Expand Until – BANG – The System Implodes

Why are so many politicians around the world declaring that the debt crisis is “over” when debt to GDP ratios […]

By Aidualc | 04 Feb 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)